Family Activity Session - Woodland Wonders

It was a beautiful afternoon for our stroll through Bridgend Woods today and there was a good turn out of all ages for this activity. We saw Coal Tits, Green-veined White, Peacock and Small White Butterflies, Common Darter, Common Frog, Wolf Spider, Frog Hopper, hoverflies, Buff-tailed Bumblebee and Common Carder Bee. Right at the end of the session a few of us were slightly peturbed by the sight of a giant stinged flying insect. I later identified it as a Giant Wood Wasp (Urocerus gigas). Thanks for coming everyone!
Becky

Orla smells Meadowsweet

Our butterfly was made very rapidly at the end of the session

Hoverfly_1 (Sericomyia silentis)

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Examining a Common Frog

Some of the Woodland Wonders explorers.

Woodland Wonders

There were 12 people on the first family activity this year, woodland wonders. Nobody minded getting their hands dirty (or a spot of rain) to find little bits of nature of every colour of the rainbow. We also found lots of slugs, worms and woodlice, and made a fantastic impression of a squirrel from things collected on the scavenger hunt. Thanks everyone for coming. I hope you enjoyed it! Next week we'll be heading to the beach for some beachcombing adventures!

Lorna

Woodland Wonders

family activities poster

I will be heading to Bridgend woods tomorrow at 2pm for the Woodland Wonders activity. It's going to be great fun, with woodland bingo, nature's rainbow (Thanks to Fiona) and lots more. Spread the word!

Lorna

Woodland Wonders

We had great fun matching colours on our 'Nature's Rainbow' sheets yesterday in Bridgend Woods, with some people being more fussy than others about exact matches! We noticed Sycamore, Beech, Hazel, Elm and Ash Trees. We also saw Grey Wagtail, Spotted Flycatcher, Wren, Chaffinch and Goldfinch. Butterflies we saw were Meadow Brown and Green-veined White and we saw Golden-ringed and Common Hawker dragonflies and Common Blue and Large Red Damselflies. In the River Sorn we saw lots of baby Trout. This beautiful flower is a Common Centaury which I've normally seen growing at the coast.
Becky

Isi with Nature's Rainbow

Common Centaury - Centauruim erythraea